The Port Phillip EcoCentre in St. Kilda, Victoria, Australia is a leading environmental conservation organization that focuses on using citizen science to study the environment in Port Phillip Bay. As the EcoCentre continues to expand both its projects and its volunteer base, the organization’s opportunities are being constrained by their current facility. To allow for continued growth, the EcoCentre has developed plans for a new, state-of-the-art community center that will house Australia’s first citizen science laboratory. Our team worked to co-design this new lab. We identified opportunities for the EcoCentre to expand their citizen science programs and collaborations within the new laboratory, recommended wish list equipment, and prepared promotional websites to help attract new investors and volunteers.

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Creator

• Charbonneau, Jack
• Lapointe, David
• Burke, Ashley
• Sanborn, Madison
• Ditzler, Brent

Subject

• Project-Based Learning
• Inclusion
• Environment
• Innovation
• Sustainability
• Community
• Learning
• Well-Being

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-050722-121930
• 68836

Palabra Clave

• Citizen Science
• Design
• Science
• Environment
• Laboratory
• Australia

Advisor

• Carrera, Fabio
• McCauley, Stephen M.

Year

• 2022

Center

• Melbourne, Australia Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Port Phillip EcoCentre

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
• 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
• 13 - Climate Action

Date created

• 2022-05-07

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Source

• E-project-050722-121930

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Última modificación

• 2022-12-19